Speaker dismisses minority's impeachment moves

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FRANK 9 years ago

NPP IS FULL OF CRIMINALS AND EVIL-MINDED PERSONS WHO ARE KEEN ON CAUSING TROUBLE DURING THE ELECTIONS. EVIL PEOPLE WITH NO CAMPAIGN MESSAGE FOR THE GHANAIAN ELECTORATES.
FAKE PROMISES:
1-DISTRICT, 1-FACTORY
1-VILLAGE, 1-D ...
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NPP IS FULL OF CRIMINALS AND EVIL-MINDED PERSONS WHO ARE KEEN ON CAUSING TROUBLE DURING THE ELECTIONS. EVIL PEOPLE WITH NO CAMPAIGN MESSAGE FOR THE GHANAIAN ELECTORATES.
FAKE PROMISES:
1-DISTRICT, 1-FACTORY
1-VILLAGE, 1-DAM
1-CONSTITUENCY, US$1 MILLION
1-GHANAIAN, 1-REGION
1-GHANAIAN MAN, 10-WIFE
1-GHANAIAN, 1-JET
1-GHANAIAN STUDENT, 1-UNIVERSITY
1-GHANAIAN, 1-CAR
kingnarrow 9 years ago

well said Frank

well said Frank
ATSU, HO 9 years ago

Did the president err in all these?Well, ime will tell but toothless buldog CHIRAJ can definitely not do any credible investigation more so when they do not have a substantive commissioner now

Did the president err in all these?Well, ime will tell but toothless buldog CHIRAJ can definitely not do any credible investigation more so when they do not have a substantive commissioner now
Freda (New York) 9 years ago

If this were truly a bribe President Mahamma accepted personally, he would have use it personally or give it to one of his children, brothers, sisters, cousins or any of his family members.

If this were truly a bribe President Mahamma accepted personally, he would have use it personally or give it to one of his children, brothers, sisters, cousins or any of his family members.
Joel 9 years ago

Freda you are right. Or does it mean there's no one in Mahamma's family that needs a car for Mahamma to have donated a so called bribe to the state?

Freda you are right. Or does it mean there's no one in Mahamma's family that needs a car for Mahamma to have donated a so called bribe to the state?
Sam 9 years ago

Freda, even the car was routed through the Ghana embassy in Burkina Faso, and taxes paid on it. My answer to you is that Ghanaians are not stupid. It is NPP supporters who are stupid and desperate for power.

Freda, even the car was routed through the Ghana embassy in Burkina Faso, and taxes paid on it. My answer to you is that Ghanaians are not stupid. It is NPP supporters who are stupid and desperate for power.
New Sherrif in Town 9 years ago

The car was received by Mahama after he made a private person clear the car from Tema harbor? The car was received, for more than one year only for it to be placed in the official car pool after the story came out? Why does a ...
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The car was received by Mahama after he made a private person clear the car from Tema harbor? The car was received, for more than one year only for it to be placed in the official car pool after the story came out? Why does a private person go clear the car and pay duties on a car that was supposed to be for the State? The State does not pay duty on any cars imported for the State. You dumb clueless twerps should stop inflicting your ignorance on others hear!
Moses 9 years ago

One wonders if we are not behaving like the 12th century animals in the jungle. The president has no clue of what he is expected to do, the members of parliament do not even understand the laws they are expected to make and t ...
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One wonders if we are not behaving like the 12th century animals in the jungle. The president has no clue of what he is expected to do, the members of parliament do not even understand the laws they are expected to make and the rest are just empty headed idiots. What the foolish memebers of parliament did including the opposition, is that the way the constitution prescribed that you should follow in impeachment of the president? Even asiedu Nketia who does not know anything including dressing elaborated it. YOU ONLY NEED TO PASS THE MOTION AND ONCE IT IS SECONDED THAT IS IT!!!!!!!!!!!. Idiots,
Senior citizen BS ,Germany. 9 years ago

Ghanaians must know that Ghana,s Democracy is still in its embryo state, and cannot impeach any sitting president since,majority party in power seeks to demonstrate its support for the president,however official dirty the ma ...
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Ghanaians must know that Ghana,s Democracy is still in its embryo state, and cannot impeach any sitting president since,majority party in power seeks to demonstrate its support for the president,however official dirty the matter is against the president.In Brazil, over 62 Government party members voted in favour of the sitting presidents impeachment who has been forced out of office and accordingly ejected her from the presidential palace, but this cannot happen in Ghana during NDC,s rule, since they only think of being in power to continue with the abysmal perormances and corruption as their watch word.
CJ 9 years ago

Dilma Rousseff Is Ousted as Brazil’s President in Impeachment Vote

The Brazilian Senate on Wednesday impeached Dilma Rousseff, Brazil’s first female president. Ms. Rousseff spoke after the vote to convict her on charge ...
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Dilma Rousseff Is Ousted as Brazil’s President in Impeachment Vote

The Brazilian Senate on Wednesday impeached Dilma Rousseff, Brazil’s first female president. Ms. Rousseff spoke after the vote to convict her on charges of manipulating the federal budget. By SENATE TV, VIA REUTERS and
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS on Publish Date August 31, 2016.

BRASÍLIA — The Senate on Wednesday impeached Dilma Rousseff, Brazil’s first female president, and removed her from office for the rest of her term, the capstone of a power struggle that has consumed the nation for months and toppled one of the hemisphere’s most powerful political parties.

The Senate voted 61 to 20 to convict Ms. Rousseff on charges of manipulating the federal budget in an effort to conceal the nation’s mounting economic problems.

But the final removal of Ms. Rousseff, who was suspended in May to face trial, was much more than a judgment of guilt on any charge. It was a verdict on her leadership and the slipping fortunes of Latin America’s largest country.

The impeachment puts a definitive end to 13 years of governing by the leftist Workers’ Party, an era during which Brazil’s economy boomed, lifting millions into the middle class and raising the country’s profile on the global stage.

But sweeping corruption scandals, the worst economic crisis in decades and the government’s tone-deaf responses to the souring national mood opened Ms. Rousseff to withering scorn, leaving her with little support to fend off a power grab by her political rivals.

“She lacked it all,” said Mentor Muniz Neto, a writer from São Paulo who described Ms. Rousseff’s final ouster as a “death foretold,” asserting that she lacked charisma, competence and humility. “We deserved better.”

To her many critics, the impeachment was a fitting fall for an arrogant leader at the helm of a political movement that had lost its way. But Ms. Rousseff and her supporters call her ouster a coup that undermines Brazil’s young democracy.

Moreover, her impeachment may not restore public confidence in Brazil’s leaders, or diminish the corruption that pervades the country’s politics. To the contrary, many Brazilians note, it transfers power from one scandal-plagued party to another.

Michel Temer, 75, the interim president who served as Ms. Rousseff’s vice president before breaking with her this year, is now expected to remain in office until the end of the current term in 2018.

But Mr. Temer’s centrist Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, which anchored the Workers’ Party’s governing coalition for more than a decade, was also deeply enmeshed in the colossal graft schemes staining Brazil’s political system in recent years. It arguably benefited as much as the Workers’ Party from huge bribes and illicit campaign financing.

Since becoming interim president in May, Mr. Temer has had approval ratings nearly as dismal as Ms. Rousseff’s. Shifting the government to the right, he named a cabinet without any female or Afro-Brazilian ministers, outraging many in a country where nearly 51 percent of people define themselves as black or mixed race, according to the 2010 census.

Several of the men named by Mr. Temer have already resigned under the cloud of scandal, including his anticorruption minister and his planning minister, amid claims that they were trying to stymie investigations into the bribery engulfing the national oil company, Petrobras.

Mr. Temer was recently found guilty of violating campaign finance limits, a conviction that could make him ineligible to run for office for eight years. Beyond that, a construction executive has testified that Mr. Temer was the beneficiary of a $300,000 bribe, an assertion Mr. Temer disputes.

The impeachment effort has divided the nation and stirred passions on both sides. Of the four Brazilian presidents elected since Brazil’s democracy was re-established in the 1980s, Ms. Rousseff is the second to be forced from office through the impeachment process. In 1992, Fernando Collor de Mello resigned before the Senate could convict him on corruption charges. (Under Brazilian law, a president is not impeached until he or she is convicted by the Senate, legal scholars say.)

“It’s painfully obvious that Temer is a slap in the face to Brazilian democracy,” said Creuza Maria Oliveira, the president of the National Federation of Domestic Workers, which represents millions of maids who benefited from the strengthening of labor laws by Ms. Rousseff.

“Dilma is a champion of the poor,” said Ms. Oliveira, who was among the supporters of Ms. Rousseff who accompanied her to the Senate this week. “Temer is a champion of his own political class, which he wants to shield from justice.”

Some prominent business and political figures in Brazil counter that Mr. Temer, a former speaker in the lower house, has the political skills needed to muster support in a fractious, discredited Congress for ambitious measures aimed at increasing investment in the economy and easing a major pension crisis.

Mr. Temer’s administration has “all the conditions needed to embark on a new route,” Philipp Schiemer, the head of Mercedes-Benz’s operations in Brazil, told reporters in recent days. “We need to decide if we want a Brazil like Venezuela or a Brazil inserted in the new world.”

Still others, including Ms. Rousseff, contend that the ease with which the political elite shunted aside the president will bring more divisiveness and political tumult in Brazil.

“This is serious because other presidents of the republic will have to deal with this,” Ms. Rousseff said this week in her testimony in the Senate, comparing her ouster to the coups toppling Brazilian leaders throughout much of the 20th century. “If that isn’t political instability, then I don’t know what is.”

Unlike many of the politicians who led the charge to oust her, Ms. Rousseff, 68, remains a rare breed in Brazil: a prominent leader who has not been accused of illegally enriching herself. Instead, her trial revolved around a contentious legal question of whether she committed an impeachable offense by employing budgetary tricks to conceal yawning deficits.

Ms. Rousseff repeatedly insisted that she did nothing illegal, pointing out that her predecessors also manipulated the federal budget. But her opponents argued that the scale of her administration’s transfers of funds between giant public banks, to the tune of about $11 billion, seriously eroded Brazil’s economic credibility and helped her get re-elected unfairly in 2014.

Ms. Rousseff will not go to jail after her conviction, but she expressed defiance throughout her trial, insisting that Brazil’s economic crisis was largely the result of shifts in the global economy that cut commodities prices.

A bureaucrat who specialized in overseeing giant public companies in Brazil’s energy industry, Ms. Rousseff had not held elected office until her predecessor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, anointed her as his heir after other leaders in the Workers’ Party were tarnished by a vote-buying scandal. As a divorced grandmother known as an avid reader of literature, she was an exception in the male-dominated political scene.
In addition to serving as Mr. da Silva’s hard-charging chief of staff, she was known for her involvement with the Palmares Armed Revolutionary Vanguard, an urban guerrilla group, in her youth. Agents of the military dictatorship captured Ms. Rousseff and tortured her repeatedly in the early 1970s.

But the qualities that made her a compelling chief of staff did not carry over when she became president. Her autocratic persona and short temper became legendary in Brasília, a capital where back-room deals are customary when forging and nurturing alliances with an array of bickering parties.

Many voters also felt betrayed after Ms. Rousseff’s re-election campaign, when she narrowly won on promises to maintain extensive state control over the economy, resulting in generous public spending. But once re-elected, she went in another direction, appointing a finance minister who tried to win approval for market-friendly policies.

“She simply lied through her teeth to get re-elected, forming a wave of national indignation,” said Antonio Risério, a historian and cultural commentator. “Upon perceiving that they voted for one person and elected another, the majority of the population started to want her head.”

With Ms. Rousseff deposed, the Workers’ Party, a dominant force in Brazilian politics for much of the past decade and a half, is now scrambling to find its way in a political landscape where conservative voices are growing more powerful.

João Santana, the party’s campaign strategist who helped Ms. Rousseff win two presidential elections, faces charges of illegally receiving millions of dollars in offshore accounts from the bribery scheme involving the national oil company.

Even more damaging for the party, federal investigators are seeking graft charges against Mr. da Silva, the former labor leader universally known as Lula, who was president from 2003 to 2010. The move adds to mounting legal problems faced by Mr. da Silva, who is still signaling that he plans to run for president in 2018.

Ms. Rousseff found herself increasingly isolated in recent months, with many in her party quietly withdrawing their support. But senators offered her a morsel of consolation by voting to allow her to run for public office, overruling an effort to make her ineligible from doing so for several years.

And some in Ms. Rousseff’s party defended her as she made her last-ditch effort before the Senate this week.

“You veered from the narrative when you were elected president of the republic as a woman, from the left, a former militant against the dictatorship, without a husband to pose by your side in the photographs,” said Regina Sousa, a Workers’ Party senator from Piauí in northeast Brazil.

“You never fit in the cute little dress designed by the conservative elite of this country,” Ms. Sousa added.

Heated tempers marked the trial in the Senate. Crying as she spoke, Janaína Paschoal, the law professor who was an author of the impeachment request, said she had been inspired by God and that she was seeking impeachment for the good of Ms. Rousseff’s grandchildren.

Ms. Rousseff’s lawyer, José Eduardo Cardozo, said he was stunned that her opponents had dragged Ms. Rousseff’s family into the acerbic debate, pointing out that Ms. Rousseff was never accused of embezzling public funds to benefit her family.

MR OBJECTIVE 9 years ago

I HAD A DREAM when JDM WALKED NAKED IN FRONT OF INDEPENDENCE SQUARE.What is written is written:THE EVILS OF JDM WILL GET HIM THE MADNESS.JDM cannot escape GODs anger on him.The effects of this curse are complex.

I HAD A DREAM when JDM WALKED NAKED IN FRONT OF INDEPENDENCE SQUARE.What is written is written:THE EVILS OF JDM WILL GET HIM THE MADNESS.JDM cannot escape GODs anger on him.The effects of this curse are complex.
Asante Emma 9 years ago

How on earth canNPP think NDC with the majority in parliament will support the move for their leader standing for president soon to be removed. Only sick mind think in this direction.

How on earth canNPP think NDC with the majority in parliament will support the move for their leader standing for president soon to be removed. Only sick mind think in this direction.
Tina Uk 9 years ago

In the Mighty Name of Jesus I condemn every tongue that rise against President Dramani Mahama . No weapon formed against will prosper I decree a declare.

In the Mighty Name of Jesus I condemn every tongue that rise against President Dramani Mahama . No weapon formed against will prosper I decree a declare.
Omanba Pa, lslington - London 9 years ago

Have you asked yourself why speaker said he has dismissed the case because it is already with the commission. NDC know that Attorney General will never ever call this case till thy kingdom come. Civil war is awaiting for Gha ...
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Have you asked yourself why speaker said he has dismissed the case because it is already with the commission. NDC know that Attorney General will never ever call this case till thy kingdom come. Civil war is awaiting for Ghana because Alata Charlotte Osei NDC EC is also planning to do the samething to help JDM to win the upcoming elections.
Kweku Ansah 9 years ago

Stupid talk

Stupid talk
Pinta 9 years ago

Mr Speaker you should have awarded some costs against these criminals who want to rule Ghana at all costs irrespective of the costs involved in their moves. This wanton dissipation of the tax payers money by the NPP in recall ...
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Mr Speaker you should have awarded some costs against these criminals who want to rule Ghana at all costs irrespective of the costs involved in their moves. This wanton dissipation of the tax payers money by the NPP in recalling parliament even when they are in opposition is a clear indication they don't have the country at heart. Imagine they win power, may God forbid what they will do. They promised to build a railway to Hamile my village to link up with Burkina Faso, when they were even ruling, that was the end of the story. They are now promising everything including dams for every village, 1 factory one village 1 million USD for every constituency and have forgotten the earlier promises. What kind of politicians are these people?
DR TRUTH 9 years ago

BECAUSE OF POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY THE SPEAKER SAYS PARLIAMENT HAS NO POWER TO INVESTIGATE. WHY DID THEY INVESTIGATE AND PUT BLACK RASTA ON TRIAL? ISNT THE JUDICIARY THE ONLY BODY MANDATED BY CONSTITUTION TO TRY CITIZENS?

BECAUSE OF POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY THE SPEAKER SAYS PARLIAMENT HAS NO POWER TO INVESTIGATE. WHY DID THEY INVESTIGATE AND PUT BLACK RASTA ON TRIAL? ISNT THE JUDICIARY THE ONLY BODY MANDATED BY CONSTITUTION TO TRY CITIZENS?
dotse 9 years ago

U don't know the law more than him. And what kind of comparison is this? Why can't we for once put our party colors aside?

U don't know the law more than him. And what kind of comparison is this? Why can't we for once put our party colors aside?
DR TRUTH 9 years ago

IT IS A BIG LIE FOR THE SPEAKER TO SAY ONLY CHRAJ CAN INVESTIGATE PUBLIC OFFICIALS. PRES MILLS SET UP A COMMISION TO INVESTIGATE THE THEN MIN OF SPORTS ALHAJI MUNTAKA WHO WAS A PUBLIC OFFICIAL. BNI AND EOCO ALSO HAVE INVESTIG ...
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IT IS A BIG LIE FOR THE SPEAKER TO SAY ONLY CHRAJ CAN INVESTIGATE PUBLIC OFFICIALS. PRES MILLS SET UP A COMMISION TO INVESTIGATE THE THEN MIN OF SPORTS ALHAJI MUNTAKA WHO WAS A PUBLIC OFFICIAL. BNI AND EOCO ALSO HAVE INVESTIGATED PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN THE PAST. PARLIAMENT HAS ALSO DELVED INTO ACTS OF CORRUPTION BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN THE PAST. BANANA REPUBLIC
dotse 9 years ago

Educate yourself well wai. He didn't say what u have said. He mentioned conflict of interest issues not just public officials.

Educate yourself well wai. He didn't say what u have said. He mentioned conflict of interest issues not just public officials.

DR TRUTH 9 years ago

SHUT UP DOTSE. IT WILL HAVE BEEN ONLY CONFLICT OF INTEREST IF MAHAMA OFFERED HIS FRIEND A CONTRACT BUT NO GIFT EXCHANGED. THE GIFT MAKES IT BRIBERY WHICH HAS FRAUDULENT AND CRIMINAL IMPLICATION

SHUT UP DOTSE. IT WILL HAVE BEEN ONLY CONFLICT OF INTEREST IF MAHAMA OFFERED HIS FRIEND A CONTRACT BUT NO GIFT EXCHANGED. THE GIFT MAKES IT BRIBERY WHICH HAS FRAUDULENT AND CRIMINAL IMPLICATION
Nana Kuffuor, Abeka 9 years ago

These NPP idiots are just wasting tax payers money on frivolous things. They set fire to most markets and important buildings, it did not work now they want a lame excuse to disturb our peace. What a bunch of idiots?

These NPP idiots are just wasting tax payers money on frivolous things. They set fire to most markets and important buildings, it did not work now they want a lame excuse to disturb our peace. What a bunch of idiots?
inercycl 9 years ago

Who are the criminals though, looters of state coffers,bribe takers or who? In the history of this country, which president has openly at least received a bribe from a contractor? These are the criminals not those angry about ...
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Who are the criminals though, looters of state coffers,bribe takers or who? In the history of this country, which president has openly at least received a bribe from a contractor? These are the criminals not those angry about it.
NANA AMA 9 years ago

It is on record that the only corrupt officials in Ghana are in the NPP and this was confirmed by Dr Agambilla former deputy minister of finance under the Kufuor administration who described the NPP's approach to politics and ...
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It is on record that the only corrupt officials in Ghana are in the NPP and this was confirmed by Dr Agambilla former deputy minister of finance under the Kufuor administration who described the NPP's approach to politics and governance as procurement politics in a widely circulated book he wrote after he left office.
The NDC on the other hand is #TransformingGhana and this year Ghana was praised alongside Senegal in the latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI) by the anti-corruption body, Transparency International (TI), for the effort in the fight against corruption.
In essence, JM also approved the dismissal of 23 judges who were implicated in the judiciary bribery scandal.
Yakubu 9 years ago

The most ugly and stupid speaker in the 4th republic...how can Parliament be subordinated to the authority of CHRAG. He will be ex speaker in few months time..

The most ugly and stupid speaker in the 4th republic...how can Parliament be subordinated to the authority of CHRAG. He will be ex speaker in few months time..
kingnarrow 9 years ago

Yakubu you see your life? insult is a diseases in your flesh, get a life man!

Yakubu you see your life? insult is a diseases in your flesh, get a life man!
John,Tema 9 years ago

No need for insults,Ghanaians are patiently waiting for Dec 2016 to dismiss John Mahama at the poll.

No need for insults,Ghanaians are patiently waiting for Dec 2016 to dismiss John Mahama at the poll.
kingnarrow 9 years ago

which Ghanaian huh?
hahahaha

which Ghanaian huh?
hahahaha
kofi 9 years ago

john i assured you that ,the real ghanains,,who are not npp will vote jdm.

john i assured you that ,the real ghanains,,who are not npp will vote jdm.
Old major 9 years ago

Ghanaians are certainly going to endorse president MAHAMA come Dececmber 7th 2016 massively and one touch.

Ghanaians are certainly going to endorse president MAHAMA come Dececmber 7th 2016 massively and one touch.

Amidini 9 years ago

Be wise and sense-able when passing comments. You re calling Rt Hon Speaker stupid ?

Be wise and sense-able when passing comments. You re calling Rt Hon Speaker stupid ?
propaganda 9 years ago

Pls yakubu, speaker of parliament is not a position people vote to elect. It's the party that has majority mps that present a speaker . How would u now know the party that would get more mps this time round

Pls yakubu, speaker of parliament is not a position people vote to elect. It's the party that has majority mps that present a speaker . How would u now know the party that would get more mps this time round
Spin 9 years ago

yakubu gyimii.let me see how you look? i know you are a black ugly monkey so stop calling someone ugly

yakubu gyimii.let me see how you look? i know you are a black ugly monkey so stop calling someone ugly
pablo 9 years ago

No insults.

No insults.
TARIM 9 years ago

WE ALL SAW THIS COMING. SUCH NEEDLESS WASTE OF EVERYONES TIME. THIS IS NOT HOW TO ASCEND TO THE HIGHEST OFFICE OF THE LAND. NANA AND NPP MUST WORK HARD AND STOP THESE MACHINATIONS. ITS EITHER DEMONSTRATIONS, SUPREME COURT, IM ...
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WE ALL SAW THIS COMING. SUCH NEEDLESS WASTE OF EVERYONES TIME. THIS IS NOT HOW TO ASCEND TO THE HIGHEST OFFICE OF THE LAND. NANA AND NPP MUST WORK HARD AND STOP THESE MACHINATIONS. ITS EITHER DEMONSTRATIONS, SUPREME COURT, IMPEACHMENT. ONLY NPP KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE PLANNING NEXT.
George 9 years ago

Why do people see this as bad. The bribe was received and must know the truth.Such a good moved has gone waist.

Why do people see this as bad. The bribe was received and must know the truth.Such a good moved has gone waist.
Kwame 9 years ago

Whitewash ...what a surprise ...banana republic ...when there is no more money to steal and Ghana hits the rock just remember who YOU trusted WHONyou voted for . International community is aware so you will be on severe hards ...
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Whitewash ...what a surprise ...banana republic ...when there is no more money to steal and Ghana hits the rock just remember who YOU trusted WHONyou voted for . International community is aware so you will be on severe hardship for years ....DO NOT CRY ....you have had too many chances to sort out ...contracts quadruple in ANY other country in the world bribes here there every where , taxes paid to ministers instead of government ...a few million registered for tax and 26 odd million registered to vote ? Jokers
1 Loaf 9 years ago

After Jerry Rawlings cleaned up Ghana sir extra snout re-introduced corruption with impunity and thus far we hav come.

After Jerry Rawlings cleaned up Ghana sir extra snout re-introduced corruption with impunity and thus far we hav come.
Brownlow 9 years ago

MOTION : SPEAKER SAYS BACK TO SENDER IN THE NAME OF THE CONSTITUTION

MOTION : SPEAKER SAYS BACK TO SENDER IN THE NAME OF THE CONSTITUTION
Amidini 9 years ago

The minority is opposition drunk ! I wonder them.

The minority is opposition drunk ! I wonder them.
fine boy... 9 years ago

Whether the speaker reject the motion or not we all know Mahama is corrupt example is the ford car. And with Mahama response it was clear that it even pains him the car was not made in Japan so he could use it as private.

Whether the speaker reject the motion or not we all know Mahama is corrupt example is the ford car. And with Mahama response it was clear that it even pains him the car was not made in Japan so he could use it as private.
Albert 9 years ago

Is that the way to win elections? Akufo Addo has damaged the npp beyond repairs.It is going to take many years for the party to appeal to floating voters. What kind of politics is this? Smearing of personalities. What are the ...
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Is that the way to win elections? Akufo Addo has damaged the npp beyond repairs.It is going to take many years for the party to appeal to floating voters. What kind of politics is this? Smearing of personalities. What are the reasons for the opposition calling back parliament from reces at this time? What a mischief? Elections are won, based on first and formost, the presidential candidate, which unfotunately the npp lacked a big time. Then track records of that candidate and his party. Can the npp tell Ghanaians that Ghana was in a better shape when they were in power than now? It is as if, we are all like them who think from our anus. We can not finished counting their criminal activities during the 8 years that they were in charge.Stealing and looting. our oil money, government lands and properties and the rest. One of them was bold enough to tell Ghanaians that, even though it was true that there was massive looting, Akufo Addo was not part of the looting, but he Akufo Addo was aware. A property under your ministry? God help this nation. He turned a blind eye to what was happening. perhaps he was busy stealing diplomatic passports for his drug trafficking family members, many of who are in jails all over the world.Ghana will be doomed within a second.
Francis 9 years ago

The speaker should at least allow the minority to move it motion and advance they grounds for the motion and listen to the majority case against the motion before giving the ruling. The speaker is bias papaaa

The speaker should at least allow the minority to move it motion and advance they grounds for the motion and listen to the majority case against the motion before giving the ruling. The speaker is bias papaaa
ONE LOVE 9 years ago

With this FAMA NYAME attitude and I will cover him because he is in my party system, ghana will never ever progress. Even president Clinton was called for investigation only to kiss a women. Brazil president was impeached jus ...
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With this FAMA NYAME attitude and I will cover him because he is in my party system, ghana will never ever progress. Even president Clinton was called for investigation only to kiss a women. Brazil president was impeached just to divert a budget for another development. Ghana should set an example for others to follow in future.
Sappey-Agboh -Tsiame-Alagbokope. 9 years ago

The minority leader (Lawrence Addae) signed a petition to recall parliament but turned round to allege that he wasn't privy to the decision of minority to petition parliament. Now it had turned out that Parliament doesn't hav ...
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The minority leader (Lawrence Addae) signed a petition to recall parliament but turned round to allege that he wasn't privy to the decision of minority to petition parliament. Now it had turned out that Parliament doesn't have the mandate to investigate the President or any other public official concerning conflict of interest. The only constitutional body that have this mandate is CHRAJ. Now question is: do these NPP MPs read at all or they are a bunch of educated illiterates or morons and mugs (gyimi gyimi) as alleged by the biggest buffoon Ken Agjepong.
Charles 9 years ago

Public institutions are currently too bipartisan to allow for truth in public life and for honest governance of Ghana. I would say that the opposition should work for a change of government come December 7. I hope that a new ...
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Public institutions are currently too bipartisan to allow for truth in public life and for honest governance of Ghana. I would say that the opposition should work for a change of government come December 7. I hope that a new government brings dishonesty in public life to an end and also seeks reparation for the wrongs done to Ghanaians. Roguery must end if this country is to make progress.
Kanawu 9 years ago

Nothing sensible can be done in this present Ghana with the corrupt, incompetent and thief mahama who pays his way into every fabric of the nation . God is watching.

Nothing sensible can be done in this present Ghana with the corrupt, incompetent and thief mahama who pays his way into every fabric of the nation . God is watching.
K Mensah 9 years ago

NDC Fools, you wait your time will come. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

NDC Fools, you wait your time will come. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
GUY 9 years ago

Why the insult, it seems npp is full of such people

Why the insult, it seems npp is full of such people
mark 9 years ago

Ghana is going down #help save our children

Ghana is going down #help save our children
K Mensah 9 years ago

Albert, no floating voter will vote for this thieving NDC party. Get this into your thick skull.

Albert, no floating voter will vote for this thieving NDC party. Get this into your thick skull.
Nii 9 years ago

K Mensah,
Are you a floating voter or do you know any? You cannot think for every Ghanaian.

K Mensah,
Are you a floating voter or do you know any? You cannot think for every Ghanaian.
rastaman 9 years ago

why insuling the speaker he is rather directing them into the rightful way pls lets be civic small

why insuling the speaker he is rather directing them into the rightful way pls lets be civic small
Ben 9 years ago

i cud nt fathom wy ndc cant jux undastand simple Parliamentary procedure. no wonder speaker is treading tins politically to save corrupt mahama God wil speak fr Ghana

i cud nt fathom wy ndc cant jux undastand simple Parliamentary procedure. no wonder speaker is treading tins politically to save corrupt mahama God wil speak fr Ghana
BOY KOFI 9 years ago

Conflict of interest is not a matter for even the Supreme Court.I'm surprised that with all these big,big,big lawyers and professors,NPP still don't know how to deal with small,small cases.
Even small guys in CPP do know bet ...
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Conflict of interest is not a matter for even the Supreme Court.I'm surprised that with all these big,big,big lawyers and professors,NPP still don't know how to deal with small,small cases.
Even small guys in CPP do know better than these big,big Drs and lawyers in NPP.What a shame?Thank you.
Steven 9 years ago

All actions taken under NDC fools in Ghana looks like 14th century animalistic thinking and behavior in the jungle. Leadership has gone to the dogs in the jungle. NDC HAS REVERSED THE DEMOCRACY AND GHANA'S DEVELOPMENT.

All actions taken under NDC fools in Ghana looks like 14th century animalistic thinking and behavior in the jungle. Leadership has gone to the dogs in the jungle. NDC HAS REVERSED THE DEMOCRACY AND GHANA'S DEVELOPMENT.
Nana Amma 9 years ago

This is not surprising from the speaker of parliament. What did you expect

This is not surprising from the speaker of parliament. What did you expect
Asona Ba Bekoe Atuo - USA 9 years ago

So did the stupid speaker of parliament referred the petition to CHRAG for investigation? If not then he has condoned and connived and of course that is the hallmark of NDC.

So did the stupid speaker of parliament referred the petition to CHRAG for investigation? If not then he has condoned and connived and of course that is the hallmark of NDC.
NEUTRINO 9 years ago

STUPID FOOL THE MATTER IS ALREADY IN CRAJ THATS WHY IT WAS DISMISSED.DOE BASED RULING ON SUPREME COURT CASES.IDIOT TRUMP WILL BRING U TO US SOON KWASIAPENI

STUPID FOOL THE MATTER IS ALREADY IN CRAJ THATS WHY IT WAS DISMISSED.DOE BASED RULING ON SUPREME COURT CASES.IDIOT TRUMP WILL BRING U TO US SOON KWASIAPENI
GH MILITANT 9 years ago

The idiots has just wasted the hard workers time .they have nothing to do in their cinstituencies

The idiots has just wasted the hard workers time .they have nothing to do in their cinstituencies
Ohene Gyamfi 9 years ago

Mr Kyei Mensah you see that your desperate because you are in the losing party you and you know that you cause financial lost to the Ghanians

Mr Kyei Mensah you see that your desperate because you are in the losing party you and you know that you cause financial lost to the Ghanians
A.H 9 years ago

NPP why do you always want to put pressure on the president is it because his a northerner

NPP why do you always want to put pressure on the president is it because his a northerner
Adua 9 years ago

Npp thought they were very smart!! Lure the majority to debate us even though we know we have no case, get our media especially Joy Fm, Daily Guide, etc to publish our lies to make President Mahama very unpopular". Stupid as ...
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Npp thought they were very smart!! Lure the majority to debate us even though we know we have no case, get our media especially Joy Fm, Daily Guide, etc to publish our lies to make President Mahama very unpopular". Stupid as they are they did not factor in the fact that the Speaker is first NDC before Speaker. 'Danneama', they were shown true politics and power!!!
Dominic asare 9 years ago

Change is coming ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo NANA ADDO DANKWA IS COMING OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO im speaking on behalf the ghanaians no jm 2016 nana come o ...
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Change is coming ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo NANA ADDO DANKWA IS COMING OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO im speaking on behalf the ghanaians no jm 2016 nana come oooooooooooooooo
Ekow Samuel. 9 years ago

Yes they have to dismisises it and seal that prosidia which is not nesssary for being disturb at this time of, and yes the paliment must case it out of this gifted to Mr.President and let ghana moveing on for what the or some ...
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Yes they have to dismisises it and seal that prosidia which is not nesssary for being disturb at this time of, and yes the paliment must case it out of this gifted to Mr.President and let ghana moveing on for what the or some of the critizem of dis turbance of our President about impechiment of that,well talks Mr. SPEAKER OF THE PALIMENT,God bless you and oman ghana of the peace that enale the conduction in ghana today which we do not and.....concering misunderstanding the public,they have to seal it with order in cort.
Laar Clement 9 years ago

If the speaker claims that is only CHRAJ that can probe into matters of public officers why then did the late prez. Mills setup a committee to investigate JDM when was the vice concerning the purchase of aircrafts. We electo ...
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If the speaker claims that is only CHRAJ that can probe into matters of public officers why then did the late prez. Mills setup a committee to investigate JDM when was the vice concerning the purchase of aircrafts. We electorates will advice ourselfs accordingly on Dec 7.
NEUTRINO 9 years ago

WAS PRES MILLS SPEAKER OR PARLIAMENT? DOE SAID PARLIAMENT CANT RE INVESTIGATE MATTER WHEN A CONST MANDATED BODY IS DOING SO NOT THAT THE PRESIDENT CANNOT U TWIT. SC HAS ALREADY DECIDED THIS BEFORE SO DOE RELIED ON SC CASES

WAS PRES MILLS SPEAKER OR PARLIAMENT? DOE SAID PARLIAMENT CANT RE INVESTIGATE MATTER WHEN A CONST MANDATED BODY IS DOING SO NOT THAT THE PRESIDENT CANNOT U TWIT. SC HAS ALREADY DECIDED THIS BEFORE SO DOE RELIED ON SC CASES
Yaa 9 years ago

The minority has caused financial loss to the state.

The minority has caused financial loss to the state.
Yaa 9 years ago

Why all these insults?

Why all these insults?
Dessie 9 years ago

Spending time solving problems rather wasting time on non-issues

Spending time solving problems rather wasting time on non-issues
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BARAYASU 9 years ago

AH!NPP WANTS TO PASS THROUGH THE BACK DOOR TO COME BACK TO POWER.I THOUGHT THEY WOULD CONVINCE US TO VOTE FOR THEM BUT THIS MOVE WONT WIN THEM POWER

AH!NPP WANTS TO PASS THROUGH THE BACK DOOR TO COME BACK TO POWER.I THOUGHT THEY WOULD CONVINCE US TO VOTE FOR THEM BUT THIS MOVE WONT WIN THEM POWER
CHORKOR SCHOO.L BOY 9 years ago

ONCE IN MAJORITY THE NPP SHOULD NOT HAVE DRE AMT TO HAVE THEIR WAY. IT IS CLEAR THE CORRUPT PRESIDENT TOOK THAT CAR AS BRIBE BUT AFRICAN POLITICS. THE TRUTH IS ALWAYS SURPRISED. LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN BRAZIL WOW.........

ONCE IN MAJORITY THE NPP SHOULD NOT HAVE DRE AMT TO HAVE THEIR WAY. IT IS CLEAR THE CORRUPT PRESIDENT TOOK THAT CAR AS BRIBE BUT AFRICAN POLITICS. THE TRUTH IS ALWAYS SURPRISED. LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN BRAZIL WOW.........
Jakes 9 years ago

Mahama must resign because of all these scandals is just water gate scandal which led the president Nixon to end his bid for another term but shameful Mahama doesn't get that

Mahama must resign because of all these scandals is just water gate scandal which led the president Nixon to end his bid for another term but shameful Mahama doesn't get that
King 9 years ago

NPP is full of idiots that is why Kennedy Agyapong said they are all fooooools
God bless our homeland Ghana

NPP is full of idiots that is why Kennedy Agyapong said they are all fooooools
God bless our homeland Ghana
NOBODY 9 years ago

Let's follow Brazil's example and impeach Mahama, exhorted clueless Akufo-Addo to his elephant-riding members of Parliament. The Speaker just laughed and reminded clueless Akufo-Addo' henchmen that Ghana is not Brazil.

Let's follow Brazil's example and impeach Mahama, exhorted clueless Akufo-Addo to his elephant-riding members of Parliament. The Speaker just laughed and reminded clueless Akufo-Addo' henchmen that Ghana is not Brazil.
DICTATORS 9 years ago

Ghana is the Republic of Corruption where a President can infringe budget rules, overspend, and accept Ford Expedition gift bribes in exchange for lucrative contracts. That is our Ghana, a country where Democracy is just lip ...
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Ghana is the Republic of Corruption where a President can infringe budget rules, overspend, and accept Ford Expedition gift bribes in exchange for lucrative contracts. That is our Ghana, a country where Democracy is just lip service, unlike Brazil where democracy is upheld.
George paa 9 years ago

Sorry for NDC and your John Mahama opposition is at your door steps come 07/12/2016

Sorry for NDC and your John Mahama opposition is at your door steps come 07/12/2016
NANA AMA 9 years ago

Ghanaians will never entrust Ghana into the hands of a man who cannot even unite the factions in his party.
The NDC is still our best option since under JM's watch, the Adobewora Community Day Senior High School and Adugyama ...
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Ghanaians will never entrust Ghana into the hands of a man who cannot even unite the factions in his party.
The NDC is still our best option since under JM's watch, the Adobewora Community Day Senior High School and Adugyaman Community Day Senior High School all in the Ashanti region have been inaugurated and will help admit several tudents who would have been out of school.
Brima 9 years ago

The decision of the speaker is stupid and waste of money

The decision of the speaker is stupid and waste of money
Akua serwaah 9 years ago

Yooooo mr speaker no problem time will definately catch you up very soon

Yooooo mr speaker no problem time will definately catch you up very soon
THE HAND OF GOD(ANDY) 9 years ago

So Parliament is a white elephant,wawww.This is dangerous, surbodinating the stand of Parliament to the will of CHRJ is very risky,is there a need for Parliament at all?a bunch of unemployed citizens,who the government of th ...
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So Parliament is a white elephant,wawww.This is dangerous, surbodinating the stand of Parliament to the will of CHRJ is very risky,is there a need for Parliament at all?a bunch of unemployed citizens,who the government of the day want to please by means of state portfolio.
sipole 9 years ago

To impeach the Prez you need certain fraction of the No of Parliamentarians which obviously the Minority does not not have. I'm not sure but it is around 3/4. Also it could take about a year to carry the process through. Mean ...
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To impeach the Prez you need certain fraction of the No of Parliamentarians which obviously the Minority does not not have. I'm not sure but it is around 3/4. Also it could take about a year to carry the process through. Meanwhile, we have about 4 months to a General Election and they should be in their constituencies offering alternatives. Just look at them. - Completely block headed.
ONLY OPTION LEFT 9 years ago

Let every well meaning Ghanaian impeach this corrupt leader with the thumb, come December 7.

Let every well meaning Ghanaian impeach this corrupt leader with the thumb, come December 7.
NANA AMA 9 years ago

The opposition has no message for Ghanaians and are equally aware Nana Addo will never be president yet his cronies are raising his hopes up!!!
Well, A vote for JM is a vote for development and currently his good works are ...
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The opposition has no message for Ghanaians and are equally aware Nana Addo will never be president yet his cronies are raising his hopes up!!!
Well, A vote for JM is a vote for development and currently his good works are all in the full glare of the public such as the circle interchange which now employs over 600 local artisans. IN NDC WE TRUST
ashitey biko teshie 9 years ago

NDC government must investigate the GNPC drill ship with immediately effect

NDC government must investigate the GNPC drill ship with immediately effect
STEVE 9 years ago

They are just desperate and using all foul and fraudulent means to come to power, but " GOD NO SLEEP ".

They are just desperate and using all foul and fraudulent means to come to power, but " GOD NO SLEEP ".
nana 9 years ago

If you knew CHRAJ is the only mandated institution to probe the matter why did you recall them to come and waste our money, you incompetent like mahama. God dey watch you all, surely your end SHALL come soon.

If you knew CHRAJ is the only mandated institution to probe the matter why did you recall them to come and waste our money, you incompetent like mahama. God dey watch you all, surely your end SHALL come soon.
Danjuma 9 years ago

The speaker allowing the parlimentarians to convene is a constitution provision that he acted upon and at the same time he has discretion powers to admit the case tabled before him or not and both are constitutional right and ...
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The speaker allowing the parlimentarians to convene is a constitution provision that he acted upon and at the same time he has discretion powers to admit the case tabled before him or not and both are constitutional right and he have just done the right thing.
maame 9 years ago

Like this

Like this
KWAAMPONG, TEMA 9 years ago

Whether Mr. Speaker (NDC)allows Parliament to interrogate the issue of Ford 'gift' to the President or not, Ghanaians are not fools to understand the whole episode. No matter what, the President received this gift on the quie ...
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Whether Mr. Speaker (NDC)allows Parliament to interrogate the issue of Ford 'gift' to the President or not, Ghanaians are not fools to understand the whole episode. No matter what, the President received this gift on the quiet and in turn awarded over inflated contracts, some shoddily done to the Burkinabe - So when this issue came to light it has really reduced the high office of the President to nothing. Indeed the international look at us with awe. We have never witnessed and experienced a crop of 'thieving' personalities in governance than the present NDC led by the 'greedy thief' Mahama.
NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY. NPP JIMIFUO KUO 9 years ago

Meaningless Minority.

Meaningless Minority.
Ghana must know. 9 years ago

It was obvious that the "ZOMBIES" majority mps will reject the minority's motion move but Ghanaians will impeach the dead goat president Mahama and his incompetent Ndc soon . If John Mahama did nothing wrong, why running away ...
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It was obvious that the "ZOMBIES" majority mps will reject the minority's motion move but Ghanaians will impeach the dead goat president Mahama and his incompetent Ndc soon . If John Mahama did nothing wrong, why running away from the enquiry ?. Thieves.
Freddy 9 years ago

Ndc is not there for the good of Ghana , for their sake All they know is yea yea . Foolishness they don't lack !

Ndc is not there for the good of Ghana , for their sake All they know is yea yea . Foolishness they don't lack !
New Sherrif in Town 9 years ago

The NDC MPs, including Doe Adjaho and Alban Bad Bin, stoutly rejected calls to probe Jerry Rawlings' Abacha suitcase of $5 million delivered by Gwarzo. They said the allegation of Abacha sending any money to Rawlings was friv ...
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The NDC MPs, including Doe Adjaho and Alban Bad Bin, stoutly rejected calls to probe Jerry Rawlings' Abacha suitcase of $5 million delivered by Gwarzo. They said the allegation of Abacha sending any money to Rawlings was frivolous. Today, Jerry Rawlings admits he received the money albeit, less than what Abacha intended to be sent to him. Mahama will one day after he is out of office also admit receiving this Ford Explorer as a bribe. The Bad Bins and Doe Adjahos will keep quiet - hear no evil,see no evil and say no evil corrupt NDC!
NANA AMA 9 years ago

The cheap lies you keep churning out will not win the opposition the Presidency.
Former president Rawlings to the effect has cleared the air and indicated categorically that the money was used in developing the country durin ...
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The cheap lies you keep churning out will not win the opposition the Presidency.
Former president Rawlings to the effect has cleared the air and indicated categorically that the money was used in developing the country during his tenure.
Nonetheless, if indeed he kept the money to himself, would Rawlings go around begging for money to help him pay the school fees of his children?
Please give Ghanaians a break.
Ex- President Rawlings has already endorsed President Mahama and he will be our President till 2021.
In essence, JM has revamped the Tema_Oil Refinery (TOR) thus increasing the countries receipt from the rest of the world.

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